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OBRENOVAC - The possibility of the Sava overflowing is the greatest threat to the power station Nikola Tesla in Obrenovac, where pumps are being used to drain underground water, as the water from the Sava would then merge with the flood water from the Kolubara, Serbia's Minister of Energy Aleksandar Antic said on Monday.

The town of Smederevska Palanka on the river Danube has been enveloped by water on all sides, with aerial photographs showing the roofs of houses poking out from the flood-borne lake.

BELGRADE – Serbia’s Ministry of Education seeks to include students from flood-endangered regions who are housed with their parents in reception centers in psychosocial support programs organized in them.

KRALJEVO - The West Morava River and torrential rivers and streams in the Kraljevo region, central Serbia, have receded back into their beds, leaving behind more than one thousand destroyed houses, and the flooding waters have washed away or damaged 12 bridges, whose replacement with pontoon constructions is underway.

Serbia's Ministry of Interior says it has evacuated 25,070 people in the areas most threatened by flooding.

In the town of Obrenovac, near the capital Belgrade, 7,800 people have been evacuated, Tanjug agency reported. The town has been almost completely flooded after heavy rains poured over the past days.

BELGRADE - Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali said Monday that the Serbian capital has prepared itself well for the danger of the River Sava bursting its banks, adding that, given the hydrological forecast, the activities carried out should be sufficient to protect the city from the rising river.

SVILAJNAC - The swollen Great Morava river has flooded a regional motorway leading to Svilajnac, hampering efforts to deliver relief aid to the flood-hit town in central Serbia, Svilajnac Mayor Predrag Milanovic told Tanjug on Monday.

Parts of the road connecting Svilajnac with the motorway from Belgrade to Nis (E75) has been flooded.

At over 20 locations in Belgrade and at others all over Serbia, the Red Cross has been collecting food, clothes and other necessities for around 25,000 people evacuated from their homes after the severe flooding of recent days.

At the same time humanitarian aid is arriving from Russia, Germany, Austria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and other countries.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Bratislav Gasic said on Monday that the danger of the River Sava causing floods has not passed.

We have relaxed too soon, the danger will persist for another three or four days, Gasic told TV Pink.

France responds to Serbia's call for assistance

BELGRADE -- France has put at Serbia's disposal almost half of its total capacities for fighting floods, French Ambassador to Serbia Francois-Xavier Deniau has told B92.